Lie Beiyao was frightened for a while because of the attack of the evil wolf just now, and she didn't react for a long time, until Yelan's inquiry pulled her back from the fright.

She raised her head slightly, shifting her gaze from the ground to Yelan, and when she was about to speak, she was attracted by the blue ring on Yelan's left index finger.

The blue ring was shiny and bright, with dragon patterns carved on it, and the workmanship was fine, and at first glance it was an ornament that only the children of the nobility could wear, but that was not what Lie Beiyao cared about. She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have seen this blue ring somewhere, was it an illusion? No, no, she raised her head sharply, and her eyes met Yelan's starry eyes, when she was assassinated that day, the blue-clothed boy who rescued her also wore such a blue ring on his left index finger, exactly the same, but the man was masked that day, she couldn't see his appearance clearly, but she always felt that the man in front of her was the person who saved her that day.

"Yao'er Yao'er..."A voice in the distance pulled her back from her thoughts, Ye Shu turned over and dismounted, and ran towards Lie Beiyao, he pulled Lie Beiyao over, carefully examined her wounds, and asked with concern, "Yao'er, are you okay?"

Lie Beiyao shook his head, "It's just a little bit of skin." ”

"That's fine. Ye Shu put his mind at ease, took his eyes off Lie Beiyao, looked at Ye Lan who was standing aside, and arched his hand at him, "Thank you for the fourth brother just now." ”

Yelan didn't return the salute, but replied lightly, "King Gong is polite." ”

Ye Shu didn't say much, and took out a handkerchief from his body to bandage the wound of Lie Beiyao to prevent the wound infection from worsening. The Imperial Guards quickly entered the enclosure and formed a protective ring around Yelan Yeshu to prevent the wolf from outbursting and hurting people again, and at the same time sent men to drive the wolf back into the cage.

Emperor Zhaoning got up from the high seat, instructed Feng Yi, the eunuch standing aside, to call the imperial doctor, and at the same time issued a holy edict to suspend the hunt, ordered someone to help Lie Beiyao go down to treat the wound briefly, and ordered someone to prepare a carriage and horse, and send her back to the palace for diagnosis and treatment first.

Ye Shu wanted to go back with her, but Lie Beiyao refused, letting him go hunting with peace of mind.

After the matter was dealt with, the hunt continued, and at noon, the wolf smoke was ignited, and the princes returned triumphantly with their prey, and Emperor Zhaoning ordered a banquet to be set up on the spot, and the food had already been prepared in the dining room and sent outside the city. The eunuchs counted the prey of the various princes and reported the list.

"King Gong hunted twenty wolves and one bird. ”

"Ye Shu, shoot wolves and hunt, why did you shoot a bird?" Emperor Zhaoning asked with interest after hearing this.

Ye Shu got up from his seat and made a gesture to Emperor Zhaoning, "Back to my father, when my son was chasing a wolf, he was lucky to let him run, and when he was annoyed, he raised his eyes and saw a bird, so he shot the bird down to make up for the loss of the wolf." ”

"It's a very interesting idea to make up for the wolf's loss with birds. Emperor Zhaoning nodded.

"Father's praise. Ye Shu made a gesture and retreated to his seat.

"King Yi hunted fifteen wolves and one white-eyed wolf king. As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the seat, and everyone was talking, and their eyes glanced at Ye Ji from time to time, and their eyes showed approval.

"Okay!" Emperor Zhaoning said, "I said, if anyone can hunt the white-eyed wolf king, I will grant him a wish, Ye Ji, you say, what do you want me to give you?"

The second prince got up from his seat, walked forward quickly, and saluted Emperor Zhaoning, "Father, the son has not thought about it yet, why don't you keep this wish first, and then ask your father for this reward when the son has something to want." ”

The queen also got up from her seat and looked at Ye Ji with a smile, "Ji'er, your father just said it casually, how can you really ask your father for a reward?"

"Hey, who said I was talking casually. Now that I have spoken, you have no jokes, Ji'er, you can speak boldly. Emperor Zhaoning said to the night.

"Since the emperor said that the king has no jokes, then Ji'er, you should think about what reward you want from your father. The empress followed Emperor Zhaoning's words.

"Yes, my son, my father, Emperor Longen. "The night is in the way.

"The king of Nan'an has hunted ten wolves, the king of light has hunted ten wolves, and the king of Qi has hunted fifteen wolves...", the eunuch continued.

"Okay, you did a good job in today's hunt, and you didn't disappoint me. Ye Shu and Ye Ji will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold, and Ye Jun Ye Lan and Ye Fan will be 50 taels each. "Emperor Zhaoning Longyan Dayue, the five princes got up to receive the reward, Emperor Zhaoning rewarded some generals, after lunch, the emperor's convoy set off from the suburbs and returned to the palace.

......

"Childe, why are you?" asked Huangfu in a low voice as he accompanied Yelan's carriage. Today's hunting, Yelan wanted to shoot the white-eyed wolf king several times, but the arrow passed by it so perfectly, and the emperor knew that it was not an accident, but Yelan intended to give up the white-eyed wolf king to Yeji.

"I don't want to be in the limelight. Yelan said lightly.

"Childe is afraid..."Huangfu asked as if he understood something, and he stopped talking.

"Look, someone's going to do it. Yelan still said lightly.

......

The royal motorcade returned to the palace from the same road, and the people still gathered on both sides to watch, but the number was slightly smaller than in the morning. After driving into the inner palace, the emperor and empress got out of the carriage, followed by the princes, and then the ministers and envoys. The stage has already been set up in the Qinchun Garden of the West Palace, Emperor Zhaoning's big hobby in his life is to watch the play, the princes figured out their own Lao Tzu's preferences, and prepared the opera team early to arrange their own plays, hoping to make the emperor Lao Tzu smile and pave a cornerstone for his East Palace Road, only Yelan and Ye Fan are not prepared, I don't know if they are not interested in the East Palace, or disdain to use this form to compete for the prince. The second prince Ye Ji spent a lot of effort for this birthday banquet, he took great pains to invite a group of actors with outstanding drama skills from the best opera troupe in the capital "Linjiang Xian" to arrange a "Taishan Feng Zen", which is a classic play that has been handed down in ancient times, telling the story of the ancient Emperor Guangming unifying Kyushu in Mount Tai Feng Zen, Ye Ji understands his father's mind very well, this big drama is in line with his father's taste- Emperor Zhaoning has always wanted to unify the world and become the master of the entire Kyushu, this idea is actually known to the government and the opposition, but no one has yet slapped the sycophants on this.

"Fourth brother, aren't you going to the play?" Ye Fan and Ye Lan walked side by side on the road to the palace. Everyone knows that the relationship between the fifth prince Yefan and the fourth prince Yelan is the best, the two are together all day, even if Yelan has completed the coronation ceremony and has his own mansion, Yefan still often runs to him.

"It's boring, you know I don't like to go to theater. Yelan said lightly.

"I don't want to see the eldest brother and the second brother, their flattering faces. Ye Fan said very politely. Although Yefan's biological mother, Concubine Xian, is a concubine, she is not favored by the emperor and has no family background, so she is not welcomed in the palace. Ye Shu's mother Shu Guifei was deeply favored by the emperor, Shu Guifei's uncle was one of the few kings of the opposite sex - Anding Hou Situ Leiden, and his father became Shu Tang of Zhongshu because of Shu Guifei, so Ye Shu was deeply favored by the emperor since he was a child. Needless to say, Yelan is the queen, who has been arrogant and domineering since she was a child, because of this, Yefan hates these two brothers very much, and they are always not angry when they are mentioned, and Yelan was raised by Concubine Xian, and Yefan grew up with Yefan, who is humble, so Yefan likes to associate with this brother.

"Yefan!" Yelan hit him with her hand. "Knowing the fourth brother, I will control it. Ye Fan looked at Ye Lan's face and tried his best to restrain his emotions. Ye Lan looked at Ye Fan and sighed solemnly, "Zi Chong, do you want to be the emperor?"

"Why did the fourth brother say this?" Ye Fan was a little puzzled by Ye Lan's sudden nonsensical question.

"Being an emperor doesn't mean you can trample under your feet the people you hate. Yelan said lightly.

"To be honest, Fourth Brother. Ye Fan thought for a while and said, "I hate Ye Shu and Ye Ji very much, and I also want to get rid of them as soon as possible, but... I didn't think about what you said. I don't think I have the ability. ”

Yelan didn't answer and continued walking. At this time, a girl in white came in front of her, followed by a maidservant, who should be a palace attendant, and a palace maid who led the way in front. Yelan recognized the woman in white, it was Beixuan's princess Lie Beiyao, it was really a coincidence, it seemed that the two of them could meet everywhere they went.

The palace maid who led the way saw that it was Yelan Yefan, and hurriedly saluted the two, Yelan nodded slightly, and looked at Lie Beiyao, who was also looking at him, their eyes met in the air, probably because of shyness, both of them retracted their gazes. After a while, Lie Beiyao tentatively asked Yelan, "Are you the fourth prince of Jiuchen?"

Yelan glanced at her and replied lightly, "I'm Yelan, the king of light, and the princess is polite." ”

Lie Beiyao's face turned slightly red, as if she was a little nervous, "Have we met somewhere?"

"Definitely. Yelan looked at her, a hint of surprise flashed in Lie Beiyao's pupils, but she was soon disappointed, "Didn't you see the princess in the hunting ground just now." ”

"I'm not referring to that, it's ......" Lie Beiyao didn't finish speaking, and Ye Fan on the side interjected impatiently, "Your Royal Highness the princess, I'm afraid it's not a mistake, my fourth brother has only met the princess once, counting this time it is two, how can there be another time." The princess is the one who wants to marry my eldest brother, and she is close to my fourth brother, so I'm not afraid that Ye Shu will know that she has a dislike for the princess?"

"The five princes, please respect yourself when you speak. Lie Beiyao's maid interjected dissatisfiedly.

"Really, am I wrong?"

"Zichong, go back, the show is almost over. Ye Lan glanced at Lie Bei Yao, who was standing there, and did not answer, pulling Ye Fan and leaving.

"Xiaomei, you say, is he the one who saved us that day?" Lie Beiyao watched them leave and suddenly spoke.

The maid looked at Lie Beiyao puzzled, "Princess, who are you talking about?"

"The boy in blue, really looks like him, and the exact blue ring. Lie Beiyao seemed to be talking to herself, and she seemed to be talking to the maid named Xiaomei.

"Is the fourth prince Yelan? The princess has made a mistake. The maid replied, "I heard that the fourth prince Yelan is a taciturn person who doesn't like to deal with people, and is also known as the cold-faced prince. And no matter how he ended up there, in terms of the personality of the Four Princes alone, he didn't look like a nosy person. ”

"You're right, maybe I'm mistaken. Lie Beiyao smiled, but her intuition told her that the person in blue that day was the taciturn man in front of her, the fourth prince of the Nine Dust Kingdom, the king of light.